Schalke go 0 out of 4 to slip from crisis to meltdown. Wolfsburg and Stuttgart grab their first wins. Other top clubs keep stuttering. The little ones keep rocking the table.
Schalke 1-3 Dortmund. Schalke had lost their previous matches as well, but at least there was something of an upward spiral, with hints of better attacking football or a slightly more stable defense.

Bundesliga: 1899 Hoffenheim 2-0 Schalke 04 Title contenders eh, Schalke? is a post from: Just Football

On the evidence of this 2-0 defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim, Schalke 04 will not cause much of a stir in their Champions League group this season. Any watching scouts from Olympique Lyonnais, Schalke's first opponents, will have wondered what all the fuss is about.

Bundesliga: 1899 Hoffenheim 2-0 Schalke 04 Title contenders eh, Schalke? is a post from: Just Football

On the evidence of this 2-0 defeat against 1899 Hoffenheim, Schalke 04 will not cause much of a stir in their Champions League group this season. Any watching scouts from Olympique Lyonnais, Schalke's first opponents, will have wondered what all the fuss is about.

Schalke and Wolfsburg, this summer's biggest spenders, start their campaigns with zero points out of nine. Somewhat vindicates Stuttgart's austerity, who spent €30m less and still achieved the same result. At the other end of the table, a couple of relegation or midtable bound clubs wonder what they are doing up there.

Schalke and Wolfsburg, this summer's biggest spenders, start their campaigns with zero points out of nine. Somewhat vindicates Stuttgart's austerity, who spent €30m less and still achieved the same result. At the other end of the table, a couple of relegation or midtable bound clubs wonder what they are doing up there.

Matchday 4 produced a couple of statistical firsts.

0. Bayern scored 0 goals in their past three Bundesliga games. The last time Bayern went without a goal for three Bundesliga matches was 12 years ago. The goal drought combined with just 5 points from four matches tops last season's bad start, making this one the worst in 34 years.

Matchday 4 produced a couple of statistical firsts.

0. Bayern scored 0 goals in their past three Bundesliga games. The last time Bayern went without a goal for three Bundesliga matches was 12 years ago. The goal drought combined with just 5 points from four matches tops last season's bad start, making this one the worst in 34 years.

Schalke go 0 out of 4 to slip from crisis to meltdown. Wolfsburg and Stuttgart grab their first wins. Other top clubs keep stuttering. The little ones keep rocking the table.
Schalke 1-3 Dortmund. Schalke had lost their previous matches as well, but at least there was something of an upward spiral, with hints of better attacking football or a slightly more stable defense.

Bereits gestern Abend wurde der 6. Spieltag der Fußball-Bundesliga vom 1. FC Köln und von 1899 Hoffenheim eröffnet. Zwar brachte Nationalspieler Lukas Podolski "seinen" FC in der ersten Halbzeit mit 1:0 in Führung, doch in Hälfte zwei konnte Demba Ba im Trikot der Hoffenheimer zum 1:1-Endstand ausgleichen.